BY TOM HAYDEN ALTERNATIVE READER Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 4, February 24-March 1, 2008 During Christmas 2007 I traveled back in time with my family, to Vietnam, for the first time in thirty-two years. I was feeling a deep need to see the place once more, a regret at having withdrawn from a…
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A Long Story
BY PAUL KRUGMAN The New York Times/Truthout ALTERNATIVE READER Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No.2. February 10-16,2008 The economic news has been fairly dire this week. The credit crunch is getting worse, and a widely watched indicator of trends in the service sector – which is most of the economy – has fallen off a…
Something Had to Give: How Oil Burst the American Bubble
BY MICHAEL T. KLARE TomDispatch.com/Truthout ALTERNATIVE READER Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 2, February 10-16,2008 The economic bubble that lifted the stock market to dizzying heights was sustained as much by cheap oil as by cheap (often fraudulent) mortgages. Likewise, the collapse of the bubble was caused as much by costly (often imported) oil…
Suharto: A Declassified Documentary Obit
Edited by Brad Simpson National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 242 (http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB242/index.htm) Posted by Bulatlat ALTERNATIVE READER Vol. VIII, No. 2, February 10-16, 2008 As Indonesia buries former President Suharto who died January 27 at the age of 86, the National Security Archive posted the day after a selection of declassified U.S. documents detailing…
Norwegian Medicine for Vedanta
Should one welcome the decision by the Norwegian sovereign fund to sell off its stake in Vedanta Resources? The answer is an affirmative “Yes.” If globalization can facilitate the movement of capital, goods and services across borders, the same instrument could also be used to build alliances and solidarity with like-minded groups across the borders…
Why I Believe Bush Must Go
Nixon Was Bad. These Guys Are Worse. The nation would be much more secure and productive under a Nixon presidency than with Bush. Indeed, has any administration in our national history been so damaging as the Bush-Cheney era? How could a once-admired, great nation fall into such a quagmire of killing, immorality and lawlessness? BY…
Something Fishy in Maguindanao
As in the 2004 presidential elections, polling results in these far-flung areas appear to be crucial in the nation-wide “dagdag-bawas” (vote padding-shaving) scheme intended to bring about victory for senatorial and party-list candidates backed by the Arroyo administration. BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise Business World / Posted by Bulatlat Election Watch / Alternative Reader Vol. VII,…
Comelec and the Theater of Fraud
No election has been fair and square. In the recent elections, the outcome has been decided by one’s political hold on the poll body – and the numerous compromises that powerful election authorities make with the highest bidders to rig the elections. BY THE POLICY STUDY, PUBLICATION AND ADVOCACY (PSPA) PROGRAM Center for People Empowerment…
U.S. Ramps Up Missile Tests in the Pacific
BY JOHN LASKER InterPress Service / June 1, 2007 Posted by Bulatlat Alternative Reader Vol. VII, No. 17 June 3-9, 2007 COLUMBUS, United States, Jun 1 (IPS) — Earlier this year, when China blasted one of its satellites into thousands of little floating pieces, it was condemned by Washington as a provocative act. But some…
Ang Paskong Mahal ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas
Ni Mykel Andrada Inilathala ng Bulatlat.com Nung nagsisilbi pa ako bilang Vice-Chairperson ng University Student Council ng U.P. Diliman (2001-2002), dalawang palisiya ng administrasyon ng U.P. laban sa mga estudyante ng unibersidad ang naipatupad. Dalawang bagay ito na umukilkil sa akin ng matagal dahil para akong ginulpi-de-gulat sa pagpapatupad nito. Isa rito ang Revitalized General…
Has a Secret Deal Been Made in Nepal?
By Christopher Salzberg Oh My News International World Posted by Bulatlat.com After a decade of conflict and more than 13,000 deaths, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, better known as Chairman Prachanda, leader of the Communist Party of Nepal and commander of arguably the most successful modern-day anti-feudal rebellion, has signaled an apparently abrupt ideological change of course.…